Aphrodisiac foods. Mediterranean diet promotes good sex
Aphrodisiac foods for a fulfilling sex life? Often it is enough to follow the Mediterranean diet to avoid the most common sexual dysfunctions. Professor Giorgio Franco, president of the Italian Society of Andrology, provides the indication as part of the 21st Congress of Andrologists.
Pasta, pizza, blue fish, fresh fruits and vegetables, extra virgin olive oil. The “handbook” of so-called aphrodisiac foods is the menu that Italy brings to the table every day. A basket of simple, fresh produce that is low in saturated fat and instead rich in omega 3. Valuable health allies always present in the Mediterranean diet.
In short, the healthy and tasty food tradition of the Belpaese seems to be among the primary sources of aphrodisiac foods in the diet. And of that extra gear in the love performance of Italian males, whom recent research qualifies as the best lovers in Europe. According to statistics gathered by national health authorities, there are just three million cases of erectile dysfunction in the Peninsula, one of the lowest rates on the Continent. In contrast, in Britain, the European home of fast food and excess salt, the problem afflicts about half of the male population aged 40 to 70.
